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Admin
Note: The system writes nothing to the database unless it is error free.
Click the OK button to clear the error message. To help determine what
might be wrong, click the View Log button. Correct the problem with either
file, then try again. When the system reads the data correctly, the following
message appears: XX transactions were processed with no errors. 0
transactions were rejected. The message also lists the Total Weight, Total
Charge, and Total Credit values, and asks: Would you like to add these to
your database?
If the information displayed is correct for the import file, click the Yes
button to complete the operation and add the transactions to the Transaction
Table.
Click the No button to cancel the operation and add nothing to the
Transaction Table.
7.6.2 Export Data
Once you have defined an import definition fil to match data needed for
exporting, use TransAct to export the data from the Transaction Table.
To run the export utility, select Admin…

Utilities

Export Data to access
the Transaction Selection Criteria window.
Select a file, then click the button to view the file using Windows
Notepad or Dos Editor.
Once the you have selected the import and definition files, click the Import
button. TransAct uses the definition file to read information in the import
file. If the system encounters any errors during the read, it halts operation
and displays the following error message.